About The Word Inhospitable
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Inhospitable Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Inhospitable?
[adj] unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable dessert"; "inhospitable mountain areas"
[adj] not hospitable; "they are extremely inhospitable these days"; "her greeting was cold and inhospitable" Synonyms | Synonyms for Inhospitable: bare | barren | bleak | desert | desolate | godforsaken | hostile | stark | uncongenial | unfriendly | waste | water-washed | wild | windswept Related Terms | Find terms related to Inhospitable: chill | chilly | closed | cold | cool | disaccordant | disagreeable | frosty | icy | ill | incompatible | inimical | strained | tense | unaffectionate | unamiable | unamicable | unbenign | unbenignant | uncompassionate | uncompassioned | uncordial | unfriendly | ungenial | ungracious | unharmonious | unhospitable | unkind | unkindly | unloving | unneighborly | unreceptive | unsociable | unsympathetic | unsympathizing See Also | Inhospitable In Webster's Dictionary \In*hos"pi*ta*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + hospitable:
cf. L. inhospitalis.]
1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to
strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.
Have you no touch of pity, that the poor Stand
starved at your inhospitable door? --Cowper.
2. Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak;
cheerless; wild. ``Inhospitable wastes.'' --Blair. --
{In*hos"pi*ta*ble*mess}, n. -- {In*hos"pi*ta*bly}, adv.
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